The promise of patriarchy : women and the Nation of Islam /
Ula Yvette Taylor.
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource.
- The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Mrs. Clara Poole -- Building a movement, fighting the devil -- Allah Temple of Islam families : the Dillon report -- Controlling the black body : internal and external challenges -- World War II : women anchoring the Nation of Islam -- Flexing a new womanhood -- Nation of Islam womanhood, 1960-1975 -- The royal family -- The appeal of black nationalism and the promise of prosperity -- Modesty, marriage, and motherhood.
9781469633947
Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.)--History--20th century.
Black Muslims--Social conditions. African American women--Social conditions--History--20th century. Muslim women--Social conditions--History--United States--20th century. Patriarchy.